Expo 2020 Dubai, which opened on October 1, 2021, perfectly combines oriental luxury, Western technologies and the unthinkable by modern standards, when the whole world lives in a restricted movement mode, the number of impressions.Marina YushkevichPhoto: © Palladium Photodesign. Oliver Schuh + Barbara BurgConceived as a showcase of the most

The greenhouse, where the botanical collection of Wellesley College is kept, became the winner of the Architizer A+ Awards 2021 in the category “New Technologies".Ekaterina KarpukhinaKVAPhoto: KVAWellesley College is known for its botanical collection. One of the greenhouses is named after Margaret K. Ferguson, an outstanding botanist and college member

On December 4, a new public space will open in Moscow — the House of Culture “HES-2". AD exclusively talks about the architectural concept of the first Renzo Piano Building Workshop project in Russia and explains why this is a completely unique space both for Moscow and for Renzo Piano

Lecturers of the program “Architects.The Russian Federation” will tell representatives of city administrations, businessmen, architects and concerned citizens how delicately and profitably for all parties to fit historical architecture into a modern urban context. Objects of historical heritage can and should be preserved, and in such a way that they can

Soviet modernism is not only faceless Khrushchevki, it is also thousands of monumental buildings scattered across the territory of the USSR. They often age ugly, but many still admire. We offer to make sure of this yourself, take a walk around Moscow along the points from our route and listen

A new monument to the victims of the Holocaust has opened in Amsterdam. Ekaterina KarpukhinaKees HummelA memorial to the victims of the Holocaust has appeared on Weesperstraat Street near the Jewish Cultural Quarter. It was created by architects Studio Libeskind together with the local studio Rijnboutt in memory of 102 thousand

Architects from the Japanese studio Moriya and Partners have attached an unusual house with a triangular living room “floating” above the ground to the crest of the cliff. Ksenia OshchepkovaGEN INOUEThe owner of this house near the town of Yavatano dreamed of a living room with a sea view — and

Santiago Calatrava designed the UAE pavilion in the shape of a flying falcon wing. The building corresponds to the theme of the exhibition “Uniting minds, creating the future" and symbolizes the innovative spirit of the country.Ekaterina KarpukhinaPhoto: © Palladium Photodesign. Oliver Schuh + Barbara BurgIn early October, the Expo 2020

Architectural firm BIG and developer Castro Group presented the project of a large-scale Fuse Valley complex, which will house the headquarters of Farfetch and the offices of technology companies.Ekaterina KarpukhinaBIG architects have designed a new “technology village” in the Port, half of which will be occupied by the headquarters of

The historical cafe “Pearl" on the Seaside embankment in Baku is open again. Anastasia Khalchitskaya was engaged in restoration.Yulia LusenkovaDmitry TsyrenshchikovIn 1962, a futuristic building appeared on Primorsky Boulevard in Baku — the summer cafe “Pearl". The initiator of the construction was the Mayor of Baku, Alish Lemberansky, who at